Shaking the 'Tude

I had just noticed the opened box of pasta that fell in my pantry and spilled everywhere when the phone rang. There I stood in the walk-in pantry picking up handfuls of spaghetti and talking to my husband simultaneously. He heard the irritation in my voice and urged me to cheer up; “it’s only spaghetti,” he said. I was on my way out the door planning to wash my car and do some gardening on a beautiful sunny afternoon! Time ran out to do the gardening, but my pantry got swept clean and organized! While washing my car I adjusted my attitude. It really was “only spaghetti.”

Whining! It will spiral you down every time! I noticed this past week in my study time that God provided so many miracles for the Children of Israel in the desert yet they whined and complained because they missed their former lifestyle in Egypt. I exclaimed: “Yeah, but you were in slavery!” to an empty room. And yet, I’m guilty of that too.

What about Jonah? Here he is a man of God complaining because the vine that God provided him for shade withered. We really like to control God sometimes.

Our family was discussing the surprise of Bristol Palin becoming a Dancing with the Stars finalist. My daughter made a brilliant observation. She pointed out that America loves to see an underdog succeed. That’s what happened with Bristol’s hard work and good attitude. Brandy may have been the better dancer, but she and her partner had an attitude that, apparently, America didn’t like. We watch the show to be entertained and people don’t want to hear about “how unfair the judges are” or” how sore and hurting their dancing bodies are and they just don’t think they can go another day!” No, we tend to raise the bar and promote professionalism which is most evident by our attitude.

I’m determined to improve my attitude this week. After all, it’s the season of Thanksgiving. Skip Heitzig writes: “When our pilgrim forefathers came to this country, what they were up against was far worse than anything we face now. The first year, over half of their band of 110 died. Our pilgrim fathers dug seven times more graves for the dead than they built huts for the living. And yet during that same period is when they decided to carve out a day where they could say, "Thank you, Lord, for all of your benefits."

If our forefathers could be thankful in the midst of their suffering, so can I! Overcoming is the Christian-American way.

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